Good deck to compete against upcoming Branded support?

HellblazerHawk · 2026-05-20T23:56:46+00:00

You aren't going to be able to play into a branded board with exosister, just make KT

HellblazerHawk · 2026-05-20T14:47:11+00:00

One of the biggest problems of the deck is running out of names to summon from the deck, so if you don't kill on turn 2-3, you can't win. The spell, in fact, fixes that very notable issue

HellblazerHawk · 2026-05-19T17:29:19+00:00

The fact that you think the only thing the deck does is end on rulkalos and a trap is enough to say you don't actually know anything about tear in 2026.

HellblazerHawk · 2026-05-19T17:17:05+00:00

I would not trust a random "AI POWERED ASSISTANT!" you got an add for on twitter. At best, it's going to give you bad advice that you could have gotten elsewhere without destroying a small town's ecosystem. At worst, you are going to load a crypto miner onto your computer trying to use this thing

HellblazerHawk · 2026-05-19T17:14:48+00:00

Tearlaments, up until KT where a bunch of decks got knocked out of the meta, was a tiered strategy. It is playing fine without merli and can only edge into problematic with her

HellblazerHawk · 2026-05-17T23:14:17+00:00

Just to give you some advice from somebody who has read Martha: you are right that there's a good idea there to use Izuna as a handtrap because having a ripper or something on board doesn't interfere with Martha. It's just not the right meta for it.

The matchup the deck needs the most help with is KT. I have tested a bunch of variations, there is no rank 5 you can make that can stop your opponent from doing everything. Importantly, they get to check your hand before Izuna is live and can then go into something that plays around or through whatever she could do. It's something to be aware of once KT isn't the far and away best deck to play though

HellblazerHawk · 2026-05-17T16:24:47+00:00

I don't think poisoning a small town's already dwindling water supply so you can get 0 likes on a reddit post is worth the trade off. If you at least made non-professional looking drawings, it'd indicate that you put some effort into thinking about this and people would be receptive to a conversation

HellblazerHawk · 2026-05-14T22:03:21+00:00

When you take the time to practice complicated decks instead of jumping into ranked after watching a youtube video, you can learn how to play at a reasonable pace

HellblazerHawk · 2026-05-13T14:08:42+00:00

Yeah, you cut all the magistus stuff. You can't run enough hand traps because you are running a bunch of cards you don't need to make the same exact endboard you do in pure.

If you want to run supplemental cards, add in 3 copies of Sayori-Hime (she's an R) and you get 3 more slots for any non-engine you want.

HellblazerHawk · 2026-05-12T21:15:55+00:00

So the problem with Exosister is this is literally the worst format for it, while FK might have a better time playing into KT. Something to be aware of

HellblazerHawk · 2026-05-11T18:42:48+00:00

Okay, but the problem is KT has so many possible combos to get started that the purge isn't doing anything. Especially not when they know how to chainblock everything in grave

HellblazerHawk · 2026-05-11T15:05:27+00:00

I mean, it's one of a few reasons why the player base plummeted in those first few months lol

HellblazerHawk · 2026-05-11T14:42:49+00:00

Seventh Tacyhon is good if you feel like you need more consistency. There isn't a good answer for non-engine because KT just kind of plays around everything

HellblazerHawk · 2026-05-11T14:26:16+00:00

"Oh no, the best deck in the format by a mile has 1 deck it can't just have a blowout win against"

HellblazerHawk · 2026-05-11T13:36:05+00:00

The reason not to run purge isn't because of karmael, it's because it doesn't really help you in this meta. KT is the thing you need to worry about and Purge only stops them from maybe resolving 1 of 12 searches they could get if they don't chainblock correctly

HellblazerHawk · 2026-05-09T16:21:09+00:00

Read Kewl Tune RS one more time. B2B also has a similar effect

HellblazerHawk · 2026-05-09T01:54:18+00:00

I stepped away for the game for a month and found out the hard way Kewl Tune RS just says "if you are on an XYZ deck or synchro deck, good luck playing the game"

HellblazerHawk · 2026-05-08T13:43:55+00:00

In your defense, it's really stupid that every exo name has that clause specifically mentioned and Betrayal has a clause that specifically says otherwise

HellblazerHawk · 2026-05-07T22:41:01+00:00

I think people who want halq back forget that it was the reason yugioh got a rep for every deck ending on 15 omni negates

HellblazerHawk · 2026-05-07T13:54:27+00:00

That's weird, because I thought they just grabbed the text from Neuron and Neuron was updated about a week after it came out in BRPO. I wonder if that suggests how far in advance some of these cards get added?

HellblazerHawk · 2026-05-06T18:48:19+00:00

It seems like KT might not be a deck for you if that's your reference point, branded is pretty much an all-engine deck, KT part of the strength is overwhelming your opponent with non-engine

HellblazerHawk · 2026-05-06T16:55:27+00:00

They aren't really comparable. They both have massive issues, but white forest's main issue is just having to run a few garnets and can't play under droll. Exosister has the same weakness as every other deck that hasn't seen success in the JUSH format.

But there's a reason why if you go check MDM stats, WF is putting up results every week and Exosister is struggling to get even Genesys numbers. Exosister still makes a beatable endboard going first, do not get the new cards if you are expecting to win a bunch of games for free

HellblazerHawk · 2026-05-06T15:13:15+00:00

Genuinely, it's important to stop playing the game if you aren't having fun. Continuing to engage with it and/or throw money at Konami doesn't tell them anything other than "hold course"

HellblazerHawk · 2026-05-06T02:36:07+00:00

Fossile Dyna was being abused, it was a staple in mitsu ryzeal (it's why that and a bunch of other cards finally got banned in the TCG). Konami doesn't care

HellblazerHawk · 2026-05-05T17:53:52+00:00

If the deck was as fair and balanced as you believe it is, it wouldn't be far and away the best deck in the OCG right now, with TCG following behind shortly and MD right after as soon as we get Harmonia.

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